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Hey all :)
Hey everyone, my name is Katie and I'm in my mid 30s.
I had really bad social anxiety from birth until about 30 when it started to fade away and whilst I still had a few moments here and there, mostly social anxiety barely crossed my mind or affected my life and that was so lovely . But there's a twist, I'm transgender and actively transitioning. I won't go too much into that here as that's a story for another time but I'm at a point now where I'm seen and treated as female by everyone. The core workers I work with know about this and are fine but the new workers have no idea and I'd like to keep it that way. You see, like so many of us, Covid messed things up. Like most transgender women who passed first puberty I have facial hair. I was undergoing laser hair treatment but that was halted because of Covid so I've been relying on my mask to hide all that So why am I on a social anxiety site? Because today it hit me hard how far I've regressed because I won't go anywhere without my mask. I take a later break at work so I can eat without anyone seeing my face and avoid sitting with people. I'm getting major anxiety just being around people and it's meant I'm going back to my old ways of not talking to people at all and I'm scared as I know where that can lead. Anywaaaaay hi |
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Re: Hey all :)
Hi, Katie, and welcome to sauk
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Re: Hey all :)
Hello and welcome, Katie
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Re: Hey all :)
Thanks for the welcome people
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Re: Hey all :)
Welcome Katie
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Re: Hey all :)
Hey Katie and welcome
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Re: Hey all :)
Hey Katie, welcome along!
I've had a similar experience with SA in that things have been pretty good (and certainly manageable) for a few years now (I'm also mid-30s), but everything seems to be unravelling because of covid. For me, it's triggered an OCD relapse - partly because I'm spending a lot more time on my own and working from home a lot more. I'm in a bit of a mess psychologically at the moment and the SA is creeping back in. It sounds like you've been doing really well with SA up until covid, too. I can see that you're in a very difficult situation now that you can't get the laser therapy. Surrounding ourselves with as much support as possible really helps to keep us grounded and prevent the SA taking over once again; signing up to SAUK is a really positive step in that respect. It helps me a lot to know I'm not alone in dealing with this, in a world where mental health is still so difficult to openly talk about, and I'm so thankful forums like SAUK exist. I hope you find lots of support here : ) |